PEARLAND, TX&lt;bEXCLUSIVE</b>-Gaia Real Estate of New York joins forces with Grand China Fund to acquire the class B complex. The transaction is the first for the partnership.

CLEAR LAKE, TX- Northden Holdings of Houston acquires the three-building portfolio in the far southeast market from CEF Funding LLC. The portfolio consists of two office buildings and a flex facility.

PHOENIX-The Los Angeles buyer makes further regional inroads with its acquisition of Vista Ventana.

BATON ROUGE, LA-The Russian-based company announced it's evaluating two site in Louisiana for development of an ammonia and urea plant.

RICHARDSON, TX-The three-building State Farm complex is the cornerstone of KDC's $1.5 billion, 186-acre, mixed-use development, which was announced late last year.

HOUSTON-Transwestern research affiliate Delta Associates notes a vacancy decline to 9.4% (down from 10.6% reported year over year) and retail rents anticipated to rebound during the remainder of 2013.

GOODYEAR, AZ-The Los Angeles buyer obtains the property, once the site of a Rubbermaid plant, from BET Investments of Horsham, PA.

DALLAS-Forge Realty Partners acquires one of the Midtown Office Center office buildings from Libitzky Property Cos. Plans call for an up to $2 million in tenant improvements.